Friday, May 30, 2014

Modern Embryo Donation On Increase

By Nora Jennings


Donation of an embryo is simply the giving of embryos to another couple or person after the in vitro fertilization of the donor. Embryo donation is then followed by the placing of those embryos into the uterus of the recipient to facilitate pregnancy and consequently child birth. The child that is born is considered to belong to the recipient who carried the child and finally gave birth to it and not to the donor of the embryos. A similar process is followed during the donating of egg and sperm cells.

The two parties are at liberty to carry out the donation and transfer process openly or anonymously. In an open basis, the two parties, donor and the recipient, exchange information and may even forge a relationship with each other. In the anonymous basis, there is no contact between the two parties hence they remain unknown to each other. In most cases, the parties are provided with the most basic information about the other party and information such as names and their residence is concealed for purpose of privacy.

Debate has erupted whether this process should be referred to as egg adoption or donation. The meaning of the two terms however have great levels of similarity since the process involves transfer of an embryo from a donor to a recipient and a clinically assisted procedure.

Research shows that a significant number of fertility patients want to preserve the embryos they have left for future use and a small number want to donate for research purposes and an even smaller number want to donate leftover embryos to other needy couples. Dr. Jeffrey Nelson points out that most people want to hold on to their embryos not because of any major reasons but because they do not want to make a decision whether to donate.

Donor screening is normally done in countries like the US so as to detect infectious diseases. In case screening is not done, then the recipient is informed before transfer is done so as to be aware of the risk that is associated with such a transfer.

For a awfully long time, adoption was the only way out for infertile women and generally couples caught in this predicament. One has to go through the legal bureaucracies during adoption in order to gain parentage of a child. This scientific advancement has therefore been welcomed by many. Unlike in the past, women with fertility problems can be pregnant and even give birth. These efforts in the US have been reinforced by the federal government through budgetary allocation.

None of the procedures followed in embryo adoption by the adopting or genetic parents are legally required . The process is voluntary for both parties.

The institutions offering this service have recorded a significant in the number of people who have successfully undergone the embryo transfer.This is a clear indication that this latest development in science is overwhelmingly being embraced by people in society especially those with fertility problems.




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